Thanks for appreciating the colors and cheeky characters! I had these pale neutral colors as I drafted, and I kept going back and saturating everything!
Hello!!! So thrilled we were in that breakout room together. I am so in love with what you’re doing and so happy I found your sweet corner of substack.
Yes, it was so great to meet you, and I marvel over the stories you’re telling and how beautifully you tell them! Excited to spend more time with your words.
The goat and Ted Lasso bar alone should exempt you from trip sketch guilt. How can you sketch the smell of the goat or the ambient noise in the bar? Travel sketching is a worthy goal and I have friends who do it, but being present doesn’t require those well-chosen supplies. Great post!!!!
Omg I can relate!! I leave with some carefully selected supplies and good intentions and return with empty pages!! Thank goodness for our phones for snapping reference photos! Totally enjoyed the post - sounds like an amazing trip!!!
It seems to be one of those things that as an artist, you feel you *ought* to do. And if you enjoy it, great! I've never sketched while traveling, and don't really want to. But I do love taking photos!
Love this. Wonderful colors. I always plan to do a lot of writing when I travel. I take a few notes, jot down ideas, write when I get home. I would love to go back to Norway.
Thanks, Mary! It can be so taxing to travel, so despite our best intentions, it doesn't always work to do much else. I hope you can get back to Norway--it's so special! (It was great to meet you the other day!)
You did so many good things! I just got home from Idaho without any sketching - but I painted a scene later from the trip. I adore the scenes you recreated later!!!
Thanks, Amy! I feel extra pressure about living out "the habit of art" and seeing so many awesome travel journals (like yours!), but sometimes it has to happen later!
My Grandparents were from Stavanger. They immigrated to the USA in February 1949 with 3 small children and later my dad and uncle were born in America. I love my Norwegian heritage! I have never been to Norway though. My parents have been there to visit relatives.
So cool! I hope you can get there some day! I had never thought about going to Norway when, about 15 years ago, one of our relatives reached out and invited us to an extended family reunion, and we’ve been connected ever since. It’s so special!
That is beautiful in every way. It really lifted me on a slightly meh Sunday AM in Australia. Thank you!
Aw thank you, Kate! Your comment lifts me on a slow Saturday night in the US. :)
I love this. Experience! And colors. And cheeky characters.
Thanks for appreciating the colors and cheeky characters! I had these pale neutral colors as I drafted, and I kept going back and saturating everything!
I love this SO MUCH!!!
Thank you so much, Cici! And hello!!!
Hello!!! So thrilled we were in that breakout room together. I am so in love with what you’re doing and so happy I found your sweet corner of substack.
Yes, it was so great to meet you, and I marvel over the stories you’re telling and how beautifully you tell them! Excited to spend more time with your words.
The goat and Ted Lasso bar alone should exempt you from trip sketch guilt. How can you sketch the smell of the goat or the ambient noise in the bar? Travel sketching is a worthy goal and I have friends who do it, but being present doesn’t require those well-chosen supplies. Great post!!!!
Haha, right?! Sometimes you just gotta live in the moment, and Ted Lasso and goats kinda demand it. Hope you're doing well, Deborah! ❤️
I love this! Grinned all through it. This could be a cool picture book concept! Just sayin'...
Hmm...I've never thought of making a picture book! But I'm highly suggestible! 😂
Omg I can relate!! I leave with some carefully selected supplies and good intentions and return with empty pages!! Thank goodness for our phones for snapping reference photos! Totally enjoyed the post - sounds like an amazing trip!!!
Yes, alas, all the best intentions fell by the wayside! Lucky for phone-photos! Thanks, Nikki!
It seems to be one of those things that as an artist, you feel you *ought* to do. And if you enjoy it, great! I've never sketched while traveling, and don't really want to. But I do love taking photos!
Yes, there's so much enthusiasm around travel sketching, and I loved prepping for it, but I was too overwhelmed to actually do it!
Well, exactly!
So good. The letting go... thanks for that.
Haha, I think you learned the same lesson when the universe flung your pencil into the river! "Let go!" 😂
Love this. Wonderful colors. I always plan to do a lot of writing when I travel. I take a few notes, jot down ideas, write when I get home. I would love to go back to Norway.
Thanks, Mary! It can be so taxing to travel, so despite our best intentions, it doesn't always work to do much else. I hope you can get back to Norway--it's so special! (It was great to meet you the other day!)
Wonderful to meet you too! I love Norway. Hope to take my daughter there someday. Congratulations on the second Feature!
Thanks so much about the second Feature! It’s nice that Substack has multiple ways of promoting folks. And hope you can make that trip :)
haha-- I can relate! Every time I travel I plan to draw but return home with an empty sketchbook. Sounds like you had a fabulous trip! ♥️
Thanks, Kat! Glad you can relate! The struggle is real! :)
You did so many good things! I just got home from Idaho without any sketching - but I painted a scene later from the trip. I adore the scenes you recreated later!!!
Thanks, Amy! I feel extra pressure about living out "the habit of art" and seeing so many awesome travel journals (like yours!), but sometimes it has to happen later!
This is so delightful!
Thanks so much!
Your inner artist had set upon their own sweet and creative process. How beautiful!! 💙
I guess she knew what she was doing! Thanks, Raju! ❤️
Thanks for making me laugh! And I love your travel sketches and story.
Thanks for laughing! That's always the highest compliment! 🥰
I have a love for Norway and Norwegians because I am 50% Norwegian! 😂 My grandparents immigrated to the US from Norway.🇳🇴
Oh, do you know which part they were from? Have you ever been to Norway?? It's been so wonderful to connect with extended family there!
My Grandparents were from Stavanger. They immigrated to the USA in February 1949 with 3 small children and later my dad and uncle were born in America. I love my Norwegian heritage! I have never been to Norway though. My parents have been there to visit relatives.
So cool! I hope you can get there some day! I had never thought about going to Norway when, about 15 years ago, one of our relatives reached out and invited us to an extended family reunion, and we’ve been connected ever since. It’s so special!
Wonderful.
Thank you!